Ok, So Let Me Explain, I Only Had One Stencil....

I was on vacation this week, and i wanted to do some projects, and well, i only had one stencil... which i ordered on Ebay

Anyway, pretty much everything in my house got stenciled with

 "French Market"  

- you'll see...

 Here is the before, and $6.00 basket from the thrift shop

I used the color i painted my bedroom wall, a kind of gray beige and with a wet brush, just brushed it all over the basket...

then i had a dirty old drop cloth in the shed, and i just cut a square out of it, ripped the edges

grabbed my "French Market" stencil

and used a sample container of dark brown paint i had

it is just plain old flat latex paint 

i'm sure it's better to use fabric paint, but i didn't have any... 

i checked Michaels and every fabric paint they

 had was sparkly or very stark black, so i said screw it, i'm using what i have...

i figure if i can't get latex paint off my clothes and my shoes

it's not gonna come off of this either!

 

I think it turned out pretty cute!

 

 ok, here are the two bloggers i stole the ideas from

Laurie from the blog Heaven's Walk  

for the basket idea

check out her insanely cute basket she redid

and for the "French Market"  stencil and curtain panel idea

Kathy from the adorable blog

"Kate's Place"

 

She did the cutest curtain panel ever in the whole wide world!

i printed a picure of it and put it under my pillow at night i loved her little curtain so much

i emailed her and asked her about the stencil, and she told me exactly where to look, she's a sweetheart

I copied her curtain, sorta... like in the most minimalist way...

this little panel is over my kitchen sink

it's just a linen napkin/bar cloth or something like that

i think i found a pack of 2 at Bed Bath and Beyond... 

it's literally just draped over a tension rod...

Go look at Kathy's 

 she put grosgraine ribbon and little box pleats on hers...

it's a thousand times cuter than mine...

 

then i had these old blinds in my art room... and lord have mercy they get so dirty!!!!

so i wanted to cover them up... 

you didn't think i was gonna wash each and every one of those 8 billion little blinds did you !???

i've tried that

...once...

 

 so anyway, guess what i put over the top of the window

well, duh...

"French Market"

i took finishing nails and tacked them up, how slack is that!!!

but i like how they blouse out and ruffle and move when the window is open... 

and they are alot cleaner looking than those old blinds

Ummmmmm, let me think if i put "French Market" on anything else...

you didn't think it would end with just a basket and 3 curtain panels did you???? 

no, no, no

ooops

poor Daisy...

 

dosen't it look like she's saying

"will you do something about my mommy, she has lost her mind" 

...the end...